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“Urodynamics is the study of lower urinary tract function and how this relates to a patient’s urinary symptoms. The aim is to reproduce the patient’s lower urinary tract symptoms to provide a pathophysiological explanation and to guide treatment.”¹
Urodynamics evaluations are:
Uncomfortable
Urodynamics evaluation typically require a catheter in the bladder and another catheter in the rectum. The bladder is drained and artificially filled before the patient is asked to void.
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Inaccurate
Catheter use and artificial filling of the bladder may confound results. Conventional methods of urodynamics evaluation fail to replicate symptoms in up to 46% of patients.²
Inefficient
Equipment is expensive and costly to maintain. Because the equipment takes up so much space, evaluations are performed in a procedure room.
Bright Uro is developing the most comfortable, accurate, and efficient tools to aid in diagnosis of lower urinary tract conditions.
Our goal is to make:
– Patients more comfortable
– Clinicians more confident
– Practices more efficient
1 – Mc Kertich K. Urodynamics. Aust Fam Physician. 2011 Jun;40(6):389-91. PMID: 21655484.
2 – Abelson B, Majerus S, Sun D, Gill BC, Versi E, Damaser MS. Ambulatory urodynamic monitoring: state of the art and future directions. Nat Rev Urol. 2019 May;16(5):291-301. doi: 10.1038/s41585-019-0175-5. PMID: 30936468; PMCID: PMC6946055.